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Topic highlights include: Mayo Clinic working to commercialize molecular analyzer technology, Mayo Clinic expert provides tips for reducing dementia risk, Putting patients' needs at the heart of a care model

In August 2022, Mayo Clinic Laboratories announced thirty-two new tests along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.

Topic highlights include: A look back at the history of Mayo Clinic, Scientists are racing to develop home tests that measure protection against COVID-19, Health tips Tuesday: preventing symptomatic kidney stones

Bobbi Pritt, M.D., chair of the Division of Clinical Microbiology in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic, was featured in a Health article regarding a new vaccine to prevent Lyme disease. The vaccine is in its final clinical trial phase and could be available in several years.

Bobbi Pritt, M.D., chair of the Division of Clinical Microbiology in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic and director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory, joined the Dr. Radio Internal Medicine show on Sirius XM to discuss vector-borne disease, detecting Lyme disease, and diagnosing monkeypox.

Topic highlights include: Mayo Clinic Minute: prescribing nature for mental, physical health (video), Over-the-counter hearing aids expected this fall in US, UK becomes first country to approve updated Moderna vaccine targeting omicron

Due to the Labor Day holiday (recognized on Monday, September 5th), Mayo Clinic Laboratories' specimen pickup and delivery schedules will be altered. To ensure that your specimen vitality and turnaround times are not affected, plan ahead.

Darci Block, Ph.D., of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic, authored an article in the American Association for Clinical Chemistry’s (AACC) Clinical Laboratory News highlighting hurdles in body fluid testing.

Bobbi Pritt, M.D., chair of the Division of Clinical Microbiology in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic and director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory, provides her perspective on parasites in the latest edition of National Geographic magazine.

Topic highlights include: Mayo Clinic doctors weigh in on all things back-to-school, Trial seeks to develop first Lyme disease vaccine in 2 decades, New York health department says hundreds of people may be infected with polio virus.

Topic highlights include: Mayo: urgent need for O- blood types, Optum, Sanofi team to make low-cost insulin available to uninsured, How the COVID-19 pandemic changed Americans’ health for the worse.

In July 2022, Mayo Clinic Laboratories announced fifteen new tests along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.

Topic highlights include: Mayo Clinic in Rochester again ranked country's top hospital: U.S. news and world report, WHO declares monkeypox a global health emergency as infections soar, Depression is likely not caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain, study says.